Toulouse reports multiple shootings and armed violence

Toulouse experienced a series of violent incidents involving firearms during the first weekend of October. Multiple shooting episodes were reported in the southern districts of the city, prompting police mobilization.

On Sunday evening, a shooter on a scooter opened fire five times at a man near a bakery at Place Aline-Viadieu in Empalot. The shooter fled the scene, and the target's whereabouts remain unknown. Additionally, in the Reynerie sector, two suspects on a scooter reportedly used a weapon, resulting in a man being shot in the leg while assisting three women.

The violence began on Friday night in the Bellefontaine area, where patrolling officers engaged in confrontations with a group of individuals at Cheminement Louis-Pergaud.